This Week at SchoolhouseTeachers ~ What’s New in Beginning Sewing: Historical Costumes, Lapbooking, and Literature

Whether you are looking for a way to bring history to life at home or for a special living reenactment, Amy Puetz and Beginning Sewing: Historical Costumes has the patterns and instructions you need to make simple and affordable historic clothing. This month, join Amy as she shares about the way the Pilgrims lived and dressed and takes you step-by-step through making a Pilgrim hat, apron, cuffs, and a collar.

Your teens will be itchin’ to try their hand at the lapbooking and writing assignments in this month’s Lapbooking unit by Niki Coburn McNeil. Specially designed for older students, Niki shares the colorful story of The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain. Examine Twain’s use of comic exaggeration, dialect, and colloquialisms while learning key writing techniques to improve your own writing.

Just in time for summer, Adam Andrews’ Literature unit this month takes a closer look at the timeless book Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry. Discover the surprising history behind the story, analyze the story’s structure, create story charts of the major conflicts, and try a few of the suggested writing assignments

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